In the * Ramble ”—Fourth Excursion 
situation that is thinly wooded. Its fruit might be 
better or worse—more easily better, and is of variable 
color. It is readily distinguished from similar growths 
by its sharp thorns. 
COMMON SANDTHORN (/fippophae rhamnoides).—We 
must not fail to mention (though not found in the 
‘Ramble ’’) a tree that is interesting both for itself and 
for its rarity—the sandthorn of Europe, of which there 
is but one example in the Park, bending over the ‘‘ West 
Drive’’ just at the point where the entrance driveway 
at Ninetieth Street meets it. It is half tree, half shrub, 
with narrow leaves not much over an inch long, green 
above and silvery-white beneath. The flowers are 
rather inconspicuous, and ripen into orange-colored 
fruit; the branches are somewhat thorny. The ob- 
server will be struck by the foliage and drooping figure 
of this interesting specimen. 
WALNUT AND BuTTERNUT.—A iarge and luxuriant 
walnut is a massive, stately growth that ought to mo- 
nopolize an extensive greensward for its full effect, albeit 
a trifle too symmetrical to be very picturesque. Its great 
compound leaf is rich-hued and shapely, the handsom- 
est leaf of all our timber-trees, and the blackish bark 
gives a tone of solidity and strength. It is of westerly 
growth and comparatively infrequent in the Eastern 
States. The so-called English walnut (/uglans regia), 
though really from Asia, is in the Park, but it is not 
distinctive enough from our own to call for special 
comment. 
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